Zarah Sultana announced on X that she was leaving Labour and intended to help launch a party with Jeremy Corbyn.
Corbyn’s own initial statement said discussions were still ongoing. The announcement therefore records what Sultana said she intended to do at the time, before the new party’s arrangements were settled.
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Suella Braverman made public a letter criticising Rishi Sunak the day after he removed her as home secretary.
The letter set out Braverman’s account of their earlier political agreement and accused Sunak of failing to deliver commitments. Its publication carried the dispute beyond the Cabinet reshuffle.
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David Frost publicly backed Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid’s decision to resign from Boris Johnson’s Cabinet.
Frost had been Johnson’s Brexit negotiator. His response showed that the resignations had support from a former minister closely associated with Johnson’s Brexit policy.
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Dominic Raab shared his resignation letter after Adam Tolley KC reported on complaints about his conduct.
Raab resigned as deputy prime minister and justice secretary. In his letter he contested aspects of the findings while referring to his commitment to resign if the inquiry found bullying.
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Neil Coyle used Twitter to argue that Labour should prioritise rebuilding trust with Jewish communities.
Original post on X Neil Coyle on X
His post was one response to the decision to restore Jeremy Corbyn’s party membership. Other Labour MPs used the same platform to press for Corbyn to regain the parliamentary whip.
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Richard Burgon argued on Twitter that a divided Labour Party benefited the Conservatives during a national crisis.
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The intervention came amid disagreement over Jeremy Corbyn’s party membership and the decision to withhold the parliamentary whip. It expressed one side of a dispute that continued after Corbyn’s readmission.
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Zarah Sultana argued that Jeremy Corbyn should be regarded as a Labour MP after his readmission to the party.
Original post on X Zarah Sultana on X
Corbyn’s party membership had been restored, but Keir Starmer had withheld the parliamentary whip. The wording of the tweet captured the public dispute over that difference.
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Zarah Sultana welcomed Jeremy Corbyn’s readmission to the Labour Party after a disciplinary panel lifted his suspension.
Original post on X Zarah Sultana on X
Party membership and the right to sit as a Labour MP were separate decisions. The next day that distinction became central to the dispute, when Keir Starmer declined to restore the parliamentary whip.
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Andrew Gwynne posted an apology on X for comments made in a WhatsApp group after he was removed as a health minister.
The apology was a public response to private messages that had come to light. The reporting documents his removal, and the Commons standards report sets out the later findings.
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Bob Blackman reposted a message questioning Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood’s loyalties on the basis of her religion.
Labour MPs called on Blackman to apologise. He told PoliticsHome that sharing the post did not signify endorsement.
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